UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS: 
New Hartford, N. Y., July 11, 1948 
Russell Gardens is in my mind these days when 
I go out into my garden to see which Russell 
Hemerocallis have opened. Needless to say, 
each one is lovely. I bought them a few years 
ago and they have survived our cold winters 
and are in their prime this year—Mrs. Harry 
S. Gorpon, Program Chairman, National Coun- 
cil of State Garden Clubs, Inc. 
Ottumwa, Iowa, April 2, 1948 
I want to tell you how pleased [ am with the 
Daylilies I got from you last spring. They were 
planted under most unfavorable conditions here 
but came through with beautiful blooms in late 
June, and all came through an unusually severe 
winter, which killed a great many of my other 
perennials. They are doing fine-—Mrs. J. Ep- 
WARD LovE. 
Burlington, Vermont, September 11, 1947 
The Daylilies arrived yesterday in splendid 
condition. They are big heavy plants. I am 
much pleased with them.—Bertua Barrows. 
Columbia Hospital, Astoria, Oregon, May 12, 1947 
Two or three years ago I purchased some of 
your lovely Daylilies, which were the pride and 
joy of my small garden. I think they gave my 

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friends as much pleasure as they did me. When 
I left Redlands to go to the desert for a short 
time, I took along some of the roots but found 
time to plant only part of them. Those that I 
did not get planted were left unremembered in 
the trunk of my car from November until April 
of the next year, and to my amazement were 
still alive after such terrible abuse. They are 
now growing in my sister’s garden in Madison, 
Wisconsin, where I took them in July. You can 
readily understand why I came back to you for 
Daylilies—Dorotuy Packarp. 
First. Nat'l. Bank Bldg., St. Petersburg, Florida, 
May 21, 1947 
As a boost for your Daylilies I will state that 
those you furnished me this spring have grown 
better and have already bloomed, while those I 
ordered last fall from ............ have not bloomed 
yet.—F rep T. Saussy, Attorney-at-Law. 
19 Buchanan Ave., Rt. 
July 28, 1948 
I would just like to tell you now that every 
plant I got from you these last two years lived. 
Red Token and Tejas are grand. Every one of 
the Jacob Murray Series that has bloomed has 
been different. Also the older varieties did won- 
derfully. I have. been more than pleased with 
every one, and I do thank you.— Mrs. NELLIE 
CoL.ins. 
1, Billings, Montana, 
From the Tulsa Daily World, June 19, 1947 
Last week Edgar Rice’s Daylily garden at 
Bartlesville was open to.the public. My visit 
was a few days earlier than the scheduled open 
house but I saw a glorious display of Daylilies. 
I was not familiar with Russell’s Daylilies, the 
kind Mr. Rice has specialized in. My impression 
was that compared to the ................+. hybrids 
and other finer sorts I have seen during the past 
ten years, the Russell kind rates higher in form, 
color, beauty and best of all has excellent petal 
substance. At 1:30 p.m. of the day I visited 
Rice’s garden. the sun was blazing with all its 
sizzling intensity but the Russell beauties never 
curled a petal as do many of our tender eastern- 
bred Daylilies. Russell grows Daylilies at Spring, 
Texas, and expects plants and flowers to take 
the weather Texas hands out without question. 
Some years ago size didn’t seem important to 
me, as form seemed to me more desirable. How- 
ever, Russell has succeeded in getting large 
flowers, with pleasing form and grace. Espe- 
cially commendable are the colors bred into 
them. There are true wines, reds, pinks, purples, 
golds, salmons and the pastels. Those that 
appealed to me were Old Vintage, Black Hulls, 
Adagio, Spring Parade, Mrs. Bonner and a host 
of others.—LuLa EGAN QuINuan, Garden Editor. 
We could literally offer thousands more letters 
of testimony such as those above, with many more 
from such far-away places as South Africa and 
Hawaii, but space does not allow it. We are grate- 
ful for them all, and while they were accompanied 
by a few complaining letters too, most of the com- 
plaints were about minor faults of our own that 
were readily adjusted, 
